Mass Observation. Camerawork, No. 11. (Documentary photography)

Half Moon Photography Workshop, London, 1978. British photography journal. Special issue on Humphrey Spender and Mass Observation, "probably the largest investigation into popular culture to be carried out in Britain" in the 20th century, conducted between 1936 and 1947. Established by a small group of intellectuals and artists, it grew to involve about 1,500 observers who gathered photographs, reports, and diaries now at the Mass Observation Archive at the University of Sussex. Texts by Tom Picton, David Mellor, Ken Worpole, Don Macpherson, Andrew Wiard, and William Wise. Photographs by Humphrey Spender, the official project photographer, et al. Includes interview of Spender by Nigel Henderson. Wraps, size A3 folded to A4, 15 pages. Worn spots along spine and some crimps, near very good.